Wandering Meteor-Chapter 174 - 173: The Advancement of a Level 3 Civilization

Chapter 174: Chapter 173: The Advancement of a Level 3 Civilization

From a cosmic perspective.

In the Wandering Star System, the three planets that orbit all seem to be Metal Planets.

The outermost Metal Planet Wandering needs no mention, being entirely metallic.

Both Green Star and Earth, after transformations, have a silvery appearance, looking like two metal planets as well.

On the surface of these two planets, layers of precise metal equipment are seen, resembling towering super suspension bridges, giving a layered sense of depth.

Under these circumstances, even sunlight finds it hard to penetrate, and to solve the surface living conditions, Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization installed refractive devices to allow sunlight to reach the surface smoothly through refraction.

Apart from the surface changes, upon becoming a Level 3 Civilization, the overall strength of the Wandering Alliance also saw a drastic increase.

First in terms of weaponry, due to the Battle Star modification project, the weapon level of both civilizations increased more than tenfold, and with thorough research on space energy, they also developed weapons like the Space Energy Cannon, Space Shock, and Singularity Bomb.

Additionally, there are three thousand-kilometer Light Fusion Cannons, Annihilation Beams, neutron beams, and Flow Base Annihilation Cannons, among others.

At this time, the Flow Base Annihilation Cannon, different from the previous Flow Base Bomb, is no longer a physical weapon; having become a Level 3 Civilization, Earth Civilization has developed it into an energy weapon.

Because Earth Civilization understands that in the space era, energy weapons are the mainstream, the previous cold and hot physical weapons will eventually be phased out. Earth Civilization valued the destructive potential of the Flow Base Bomb against covalent bonds, so they spared no effort in transforming it into an energy weapon.

Beyond the conventional weaponry, at the request of Constant Star Lu Chen, the two civilizations also developed entropy weapons.

Since entropy describes a thermodynamic measure, entropy weapons in practice work on the principle of continuous heating or cooling.

Similar to the situation with the Black Entropy Ball, just not as mysterious.

The entropy weapons developed by the Wandering Alliance are divided into two types: entropy-increasing weapons and entropy-reducing weapons.

Both types operate on the principle of continuous thermal radiation attacks on enemies, causing the enemy’s entropy system to become chaotic and leading to their collapse.

One emits high-temperature radiation energy to continuously heat, while the other emits superfluid particle beams close to absolute zero, to rapidly cool the enemy’s heat. The former forms entropy increase by heating, and the latter forms entropy reduction by cooling, thus they are named differently.

In fact, entropy weapons can also be considered energy weapons.

Except that energy weapons strike once, while entropy weapons strike continuously. The principles are the same for both, utilizing energy particles to attack the enemy, thus some also call energy weapons entropy weapons.

And believe that the evolution of weapons ultimately progresses from cold weapons — hot weapons — entropy (energy) weapons.

Having introduced the weapon systems, let’s look at the defense technology.

Previously, as a Level 2 Civilization, Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization had practically no means of defense, only relying on energy attacks of the same energy level and crude steel plating as a makeshift method, which wasn’t considered high-tech.

But upon becoming a Level 3 Civilization, Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization gained a new understanding and research of spatial principles, and with the ready-made technology from the Pirate Civilization, these two civilizations quickly developed space protection technology — the Vibration Wave Wall.

And of course, simpler space shielding technology was also achieved.

However, with the current technological levels of Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization, they can at most achieve invisibility shielding for Earth or Green Star. To attempt invisibility shielding for the entire Wandering Star System is too technologically challenging and not yet feasible.

After becoming a Level 3 Civilization, aside from advancements in weapons and defense technology, the speed of flight has also greatly increased.

Even though Constant Star Lu Chen could earlier utilize his Gravity Waves to warp space and lead the Wandering Star System in superluminal flight, that was only the speed of the Wandering Star System; the maximum speed of the two civilizations themselves was only half the speed of light. It was after becoming a Level 3 Civilization and drawing on the space acceleration experience of Pirate Civilization that they finally used space acceleration technology to break through the speed of light, reaching the previous level of Pirate Civilization—1.5 times the speed of light.

Now, any Cosmic Battleship from Earth Civilization can easily achieve 1.5 times the speed of light.

High-speed flights between the two planets have also been reduced from eight minutes to just two to three minutes, significantly shortening the travel time.

Many of Earth’s transportation tools have also undergone revolutionary progress due to advancements in space technology.

Even Constant Star Lu Chen is no exception.

Lu Chen originally had a speed of 1.5 times the speed of light. When the two civilizations thoroughly researched space energy technology, providing more accurate spatial node information and calculation schemes, his speed also further accelerated, reaching double the speed of light.

At this very moment, the entire Wandering Star System, under the leadership of Constant Star Lu Chen, is speeding towards the Cosmic Center at twice the speed of light!

From the scenes displayed by the Wandering Alliance, it is clear that as the two biological civilizations within the alliance were elevated to Level 3 Civilization, the overall strength of the Wandering Alliance has undergone a qualitative change, which is one of the advantages of a life community.

At first, when the levels of the biological civilization were low, it might not have been apparent.

But as the levels increased, the effectiveness of the biological civilizations became stronger, and their ability to aid Celestial Civilizations also increased greatly.

This time, after experiencing the battles against the Entropy Beast and Pirate Civilization, every member of the Wandering Alliance made massive gains including the aforementioned two biological civilizations, two planets, and Constant Star Lu Chen, with substantial gains for Metal Planet Wandering as well.

However, these gains did not include the Strong Nuclear Force Field planned in the Battle Star project.

Because this technology relates to unifying forces, the scientific team hasn’t been able to develop it yet.

The gains of the Wandering were from the bonuses brought about by the Battle Star project.

Previously, to make the various large-scale equipment components on the Battle Star more durable, the scientific team responsible for the project started early in creating new metal materials, attempting to produce a radiation-resistant material more suited for the space environment.

Finally, after relentless efforts by these scientific teams, a high-temperature resistant, radiation-proof, high-hardness, wear-resistant alloy was created.

This composite alloy, synthesized through nanocrystalline technology using a variety of metals, was named special gold.

The hardness of special gold is over a thousand times that of ordinary metals; it is extremely heat resistant, able to withstand nearly 30,000 degrees Celsius without melting, and can absorb or reflect various types of radiation. Even under harsh radiation conditions over many years, it can remain undamaged for about three thousand years and possesses a very strong shape memory function. It is an ideal metallic material at the current level of technology.

After the scientific teams of the two civilizations used special gold to help upgrade and modify the Metal Planet Wandering, the metallic body of the Wandering gradually transformed into special gold.

Now, the Wandering can also withstand temperatures up to 30,000 degrees Celsius, and its wear resistance and hardness have improved many times compared to before.

If a 3,000-kilometer energy attack were to arrive now, at most it could crack the surface of the Metal Planet, which shows a huge improvement beyond imagination.

"Report, an anomaly discovered ahead..."

Just as Constant Star Lu Chen was leading the Wandering Star System, now significantly strengthened, toward the Cosmic Center, an astronomer responsible for observing the navigation path sent an urgent message.